County judge says tiger loose

Sept. 16, 2008, 12:53PM

GALVESTON, Texas — A tiger's on the loose in Galveston County.

Galveston County Judge Jim Yarbrough said Tuesday that the animal is out of its enclosure at an exotic pets center. The news follows reports of a lion holed up in a Baptist church with its owner on Bolivar Peninsula as well as livestock and other animals roaming amid Hurricane Ike's wreckage.

Yarbrough said, "Turns out there's a tiger, and I understand he's hungry ... so we're staying away from him."

Yarbrough said everyone in the neighborhood knows the big cat, and thatexperts were being brought in to rescue it and other animals.

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